Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) To the rear, march! Thomas Donnelly Thomas Donnelly is director of the Center for Defense Studies at the American Enterprise Institute January 30, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 19 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Nations, like markets, look at both fundamentals and trends. The world’s developed and developing democracies, (also known […]
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Printed from the News & Observer – www.NewsObserver.com Published Sun, Jan 29, 2012 McClatchy Newspapers LAHORE, Pakistan A senior American official has for the first time admitted that a Pakistani doctor played a key role in tracking Osama bin Laden to his hideout in northern Pakistan, and called for his release. The comments by U.S.
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JANUARY 30, 2012 There may be political value in detailing how our special forces hunted bin Laden, but doing so threatens troop safety and future missions. By LEIF BABIN Mr. Babin is a former Navy SEAL officer who served three tours in Iraq, earning a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. He
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The Washington Times Foreign-policy flaws leave national security in shambles By J.D. Gordon- J.D. Gordon was the vice president for communications and a foreign policy and national security adviser to Herman Cain’s 2012 Republican presidential nomination campaign Friday, December 30, 2011 So 2011 has come and gone – yet another bleak chapter in our national
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JANUARY 31, 2012 Admiral Obama A diminished Navy can’t meet its multiple global missions. President Obama plans to cut the Pentagon budget by half a trillion dollars or more in the next decade. He also wants the military to take on new missions, principally for the Navy to lead an American strategic “pivot” to the
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JANUARY 26, 2012 The Arab revolutionaries didn’t look to China or Russia as examples of good government. By ED HUSAIN Upon landing at Cairo’s international airport, I see a billboard that quotes none other than Barack Obama saying: “American young people need to grow up more like Egyptian youngsters.” Thus one year after their revolution
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Nations that choose butter over guns atrophy and die By Victor Davis Hanson– The Washington Times Wednesday, January 11, 2012 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Unfortunately, defense cuts do not occur in isolation. They feed a syndrome best typified by an insolvent and largely defenseless, socialist Europe. The more prosperous societies cut their defenses to expand
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– The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation – http://blog.heritage.org – Morning Bell: A Slashed and Burned Military Posted By Mike Brownfield On January 27, 2012 @ 9:35 am In Protect America | 79 Comments The future is not bright for the U.S. military. Yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave America a
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Washington Post Fact checking the 2012 State of the Union speech Glenn Kessler 01/25/2012 A State of the Union address is often difficult to fact check, no matter who is president. The speech is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted, so major errors of fact are so relatively rare that they sometimes
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FOX NEWS Executive Branch – POLITICS Published January 24, 2012 | Associated Press WASHINGTON – It was a wish list, not a to-do list. President Obama’s array of plans in his State of the Union speech was light on a key piece of context — namely, that his hands are so tied until after the
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